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. HARNESS BUCKLE.

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Patented sepms, 1919.

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CARL HARTMAN, OF ROSEMONT, NEBRASKA.

HARNESS-BUCHE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 23, 1919.

Application filed. September 5, 1918. Serial No. 252,739.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL HARTMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rosemont, in the county of Webster and the State ofNebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Buckles, of which the following is a speci- Iication.

This invention relates to a harness buckle which can be employed in anumber of different ways on various portions of a harness, and which,wherever used, will not present protruding prongs or points to catch afly net. Many nets are torn by the buckles in ordinary use, andaccidents have occurred from the entangling of the lines in the nets,and in any event more or less trouble is caused by the necessity ofdisengaging a buckle caught in the meshes of the net.

The invention also consists in the novel features of constructionhereinafter described, pointed` out in the claim, and shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the buckle,in use.

Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view.

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are longitudinal sectional views through thebuckle andstraps, showing various waysof using the buckle, on the line 3 3 of Fig.1.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. l.

In constructing the buckle I employ a flat frame comprising side members1 connected adjacent their ends by cross bars 2, which bars lie flushwith the upper face of the buckle, and connected midway their ends by across bar 3, which lies in a plane sub stantially midway the upper andlower edges of the side bars. From the lower edges of the side barsproject inwardly prongs 4, which act as retaining, but not Copies o!this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing thepenetrating, prongs for the straps. These prongs are in alinement withJthe bars 2.

The bar 3 carries on its upper face a centrally arranged upwardlyextending pin 5, the length of such pin being approximately equal to theaverage thickness of two straps such as are usually employed in themaking of harness.

To illustrate the use of the buckle and the manner in which the strapsare run I have shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3 its employment for the purposeof connecting the end portions or two straps, A, and B.

In Fig. 4f a strap C is run through the buckle and a cross line is rununder it and over the bar 3, and then looped back and its end portionriveted to the strap.

In Fig. 5 only one strap E is used, as in the case of a bridle ring, thestrap being merely run through and looped back on itself, the pin 5passing through each layer of the strap, and no sewing or riveting beingnecessary. In all cases the straps pass between the prongs and the bars2, and over the center bar 3 and are engaged by the pin 5.

The advantages of a buckle of this type and its freedom from outwardlyprojecting tongues and points will be obvious.

What I claim is A buckle comprising side members, cross bars adjacentthe ends of the side members and flush with their upper edges,projecting pins carried by the lower edges of the side members, and inalinement with the cross bars, and extending inwardly, a centrallyarranged cross bar connecting the side members midway their upper andlower edges, and a pin carried by the upper face of the said bar and ata right angle thereto.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CARL I-I. HARTMAN.

Gommissoner of Patents,

Washington, D. c.

